From now until June 30, each Vietjet flight will have 25 seats at a price of zero dong (excluding taxes and fees) for travel companies, with the others available for purchase by individuals. — Photo Vietjet

Vietjet is offering more than 200,000 tickets priced at zero dong on all routes until June 30 in response to the "Vietnamese People Travel Viet Nam" programme launched by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

From now until June 30, each Vietjet flight will have 25 seats at a price of zero dong (excluding taxes and fees) for travel companies, with the others available for purchase by individuals, the airline announced on Saturday.

Meanwhile, the carrier continues to sell discounted airfares priced from VND18,000 (US$0.8) at www.vietjetair.com and on the Vietjet Air mobile app until the end of May 16 with a flight period to December 31, 2020, excluding national holidays.

With 45 domestic routes covering the country and an on-time performance rate of 97.4 per cent, Vietjet is in position to stimulate domestic tourism and create favourable conditions for people to travel after the COVID-19 pandemic. — VNS

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